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Rights probe alleges sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli forces used as ‘method of war’

·March 14, 2025·3 min read

“Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians as part of a broader effort to undermine their right to self-determination,” maintained Chris Sidoti from the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). ‘Increasingly used’ Speaking in Geneva, the human rights lawyer said that...

UN rights chief raises alarm over escalating violence in Syria

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·March 9, 2025·1 min read

The killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease immediately, the UN rights chief said on Sunday following a series of coordinated attacks reportedly launched by elements of the former government and other local armed men....

Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the disappeared, Human Rights Council hears

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·March 6, 2025·3 min read

Yasmen Almashan, a founding member of the Caesar Families Association, lost five of her six brothers between 2012 and 2014 during the early years of the Syrian civil war. Today, Ms. Almashan advocates for the truth about what happened to Syria’s more than 130,000 missing persons. This quest would be...

‘A litany of human suffering’ in Myanmar, warns UN rights chief

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·March 3, 2025·3 min read

Addressing the Human Rights Council on Friday, he detailed the devastating toll of the ongoing conflict and economic collapse on civilians – many of whom have been displaced by the fighting. Earlier in the day the Council discussed the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, having heard a report from rights...

Human Rights Council: Türk calls out ‘dehumanizing’ narratives on Gaza

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·February 28, 2025·5 min read

Mr. Türk – making his closing remarks during the session reporting on the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the Human Rights Council – said he was deeply troubled by the “dangerous manipulation of language” and disinformation that surrounds discussions over the Palestine-Israel conflict. “We need to make sure that we resist...

UN rights chief decries substantial rise in death penalty executions

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·February 26, 2025·2 min read

“While a number of countries argue that it lies within their national sovereignty, from my perspective, it is incompatible with human dignity and the right to life,” the High Commissioner told Member States, during a discussion about the contribution of judiciaries to advancing human rights over the issue. The punishment had...

UN rights office warns of ‘dangerous tipping point’ as abuses surge in Sudan

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·February 18, 2025·3 min read

In a new report, UN investigators detailed multiple attacks on civilians, healthcare facilities, markets, and schools, as well as ethnically motivated summary executions. “The continued and deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects, as well as summary executions, sexual violence and other violations and abuses, underscore the utter failure by...

UN rights office condemns continuing Israeli military operation in West Bank

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·February 15, 2025·3 min read

Since the start of the offensive on 21 January, Israeli forces have killed at least 44 Palestinians, including five children and two women, in Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas governorates, and four refugee camps in those areas, according to OHCHR. Many of those killed were unarmed and posed no imminent threat,...

DR Congo: Rights chief warns crisis could worsen, without international action

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·February 10, 2025·3 min read

Since 26 January, nearly 3,000 people have been killed and 2,880 injured in attacks by the M23 and their allies “with heavy weapons used in populated areas, and intense fighting against the armed forces of the DRC and their allies”, the High Commissioner said, as UN Member States weighed setting...

Palestinians’ rights matter, says UNRWA chief

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·February 8, 2025·4 min read

In a social media post on Friday, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that “people in Gaza have undergone systematic dehumanization” since the war there began. He emphasized that “Palestinians do matter, including those in Gaza. Their rights, lives and futures matter,” noting that “human rights cannot be applied selectively.” His comments...

Syria: Assad’s armed forces must face accountability, says rights probe

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·February 6, 2025·2 min read

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria’s latest report follows the lightning operation led by mainly Hayat-Tahrir al-Sham fighters that toppled President Bashar al-Assad last December, ending the 13-year war that decimated the country and destabilised the entire region. The violence is believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of...

Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds

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·February 5, 2025·2 min read

Released on Tuesday, the new report highlights that at least 5,626 people have been killed and more than 2,213 injured in the past year, due to the armed gangs who control much of the capital and the country at large. These figures reflect a sharp increase of over 1,000 fatalities...